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6 May

Polls have closed

Signs of Labour recriminations evident in anticipation of difficult results

As ballots are counted in Hartlepool, one question being asked internally is: was it wise of Labour to chose to hold the Hartlepool by-election on Super Thursday and dominate?

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2/ Remember political parties have a fair degree of control over when to hold a by-election caused by the departure of one of their own.

Holding Hartlepool today was Labour’s choice

Here’s the Institute for Government Cath Haddon on how Labour “could have taken a bit longer”

3/ Why might you have wanted to hold Hartlepool another time?

The main reason wd be to avoid it on the same day as the Tees Valley Metro Mayor vote.

Labour folk expect Tory Ben Houchen to be re-elected meaning his voters - also Tories - would already be out in force

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23 Mar

NEW: Matt Hancock sounds like he’s been upsetting Tory MPs again

Here leaked is the letter to MPs about the One-Year Coronavirus Act Review

Matt Hancock’s letter contains a contentious claim

That without the continuation of the Coronavirus Act the furlough act “would fall automatically”

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But MPs tell me this isn’t true

They had it confirmed BOTH by Treasury officials AND by the Commons Library staff that this isn’t the case, and the furlough support isn’t contingent on this week’s vote

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3 Mar

It wont get the attention it deserves but Rishi Sunak's biggest giveaway over the next couple of years is the "Super Deduction"

It's costing a whopping £27 BILLION pounds

Yet despite the £27 billion price tag, the Office for Budget Responsibility has big questions.

Rather than boosting growth overall, "it provides companies with a very strong incentive to bring forward investment from future
periods"

The scale of spending - most of which takes place in 2021 and 2022 - may rise. And the benefits may be lower than predicted.

"We have applied a ‘very high’ uncertainty rating to the behavioural element and the overall costing", says the OBR

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16 Feb

Exclusive:

Every adult in the UK could receive both doses of a coronavirus vaccine by August or September "or maybe sooner if we need to", the head of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce Clive Dix has told Sky News

He tells me there is huge confidence about supply levels

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Asked if vaccine supply would arrive at the rate promised over the next three to six months, he replied: "Yes, definitely"

Pressed if this meant confidence every adult would get two jabs: "We're probably talking August time or September time all done, maybe sooner if we need to"

@SophyRidgeSky

This is faster than government ministers suggested

Dominic Raab told @SophyRidgeSky two weeks ago: "Our target is that by September to have offered all the adult population a first dose, if we can do it faster than that great but that's the roadmap."

news.sky.com/story/covid-19…

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15 Feb

Boris Johnson just said everyone shd be very proud of the vaccine rollout
- Says there are still some people in top 4 groups should come forward to GP or 119
- Won’t confirm that he wants primary and secondary school at once (despite briefing that’s the intention).

- Rates of infection still very high
- Wants progress that is cautious but irreversible
- “If you have a large volume of circulation there’s a higher risk of new variants and greater risk of spreading out.
- “No vaccination programme is 100%” 👀

- We will set out dates if possible next Monday in roadmap. The dates are earliest we can do things. If we need to push them off
- Vaccine Passports? inevitable there will be great interest in ideas about showing you have had vaccine. That’s going to be in the mix down the road

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20 Jan

Boris Johnson TV pool iv 1
** Record deaths record figures "appalling" and "there will be more to come" because of the new variant just before Xmas.
** Tho rates of infection in country overall may be peaking or flattening they're not flattening very fast

Boris Johnson TV pool iv 2
** 4.2 million have received vaccine
** "As the vaccine goes in and that programme accelerates, there will be a really big difference by the spring."
** we have tough weeks to come now

Boris Johnson TV pool iv 3
** "Obviously it’s the job of all UK prime ministers that have a ... close working relationship with the president of united states and actually When you look at what unites me and Joe Biden .. there is a fantastic joint united agenda"

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